Here are the Winning Numbers for Mega Millions $449M July 5, 2016 Jackpot

Written byDeb Belt (Patch Staff)

Someone could be $449 million richer. The Mega Millions winning numbers for July 5 are 29-46-53-64-73 and a mega ball of 10.

It is the seventh-largest jackpot of all lottery games in the country's history, say lottery officials.

The one-time cash payout option for Tuesday's game, if you win, is estimated at $313 million.

The winning numbers will be drawn at 11 p.m. ET.

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A March 2012 Mega Millions jackpot of $656 million held the record for the largest lotto jackpot in U.S. history until three winners split the almost $1.6 billion prize in the Jan. 13, 2016, drawing. Mega Millions has awarded 10 jackpots of more than $300 million.

Tuesday's prize ranks as the seventh-largest jackpot in the United States of all lottery games, including Powerball, officials said, and the third-largest prize for the Mega Millions game in its history.

Mega Millions is played in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Find locations on where to play and more information about the game on the Michigan Lottery website.
No matter how many people play Mega Millions, the chances of winning never change. The chances of winning are based on the amount of number combinations, not the number of players buying tickets, say lottery officials.

The Mega Millions game is played by selecting five numbers out of 75 choices (the numbers from 1 to 75), and by selecting one extra number from 1 to 15 (that's the Mega Ball).

CNN explains the tax implications of winning the big prize:

Lottery winnings are taxed like income, and the IRS taxes the top income bracket 39.6%. The government will withhold 25% of that before the money ever gets to the winner. The rest has to be paid at tax time. Then there are local taxes. Of the 44 U.S. states that participate in Powerball, all but a handful will take an additional cut of the money, according to lottery statistics site USA Mega.